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1-45 To - Uku
Still â âSAâ and to - âukuâ [44-45]
Last lesson we learnt how the six prefixes fit onto thefront of verbs, and how a âyaâ is placed between them,when they form the only word of the sentence.Today we learn two rules:1....
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1-46 When Ya is dropped
When âyaâ is dropped [46]
Notice that the âyaâ is dropped from the followingsentence because there are additional words.We are learning - SiyafundaWe are learning to talk XhosaSifunda ukuthetha isiXhosaÂ
Â
UBuntu...
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1-47 Verbs with Uku
Verbs with uku-: [47]
learn or read or study - fundato learn or to read or to study - ukufundatalk - thetha to talk - ukuthethatry - zama to try - ukuzamago - hamba to go - ukuhambalive - hlala to live - ukuhlalalike...
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1-48 Vocab for 1st important sentences
Vocab for our first important sentences: [48]
excuse me - uxolo But - kodwaitâs difficult - kunzima itâs nice, pleasant - kumnandiserious - nyani! a little - kancincionly, just - nje request - celaor - okanye now -...
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1-49 The First Important Sentences
First Important Sentences [49]
*Uxolo, kodwa ndisafunda ukuthetha isiXhosa.Excuse me, but I am still learning to speak Xhosa* Ndithetha kancinci nje.I speak a little bit onlyNdithanda ukuthetha isiXhosa.I like to...
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1-50 Lesson 3 Essentials
Lesson 3 Essentials and Test: [50]
Be able to:⢠Say the first important sentences off by heartQuestions:1. I request peace or I am sorry2. They request to enter3. He requests to ask4. We request to sit down5. You (pl)...
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1-51 Lesson 3 Convo Breakdown
Lesson 3 Convo - The 3 NB Sentences [51-52]
(A young Xhosa student [sisi] greets an old Xhosa man [tata])Vocab: And you or you too - nawe1. S: Molo Tata2. T: Molo sisi, kunjani?3. S: Philile. Kunjani wena?4. T:...
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1-52 Lesson 3 Conversation
Lesson 3 Convo - The 3 NB Sentences [51-52]
(A young Xhosa student [sisi] greets an old Xhosa man [tata])Vocab: And you or you too - nawe1. S: Molo Tata2. T: Molo sisi, kunjani?3. S: Philile. Kunjani wena?4. T:...
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1-53 Cultural Insight - In the Home
CULTURE INSIGHT - In the home: [53]
- it is usual and considered polite by Xhosa people toseat yourself quietly and unobtrusively, rather then waitto be asked to sit â standing in someoneâs home onarrival is...
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3-01 Level 2 Introduction
Introduction and Intentions
Welcome back. Moving on beyond the basics ofpronunciations, greetings, introductions, escapephrases and good byes, we start getting into askingand answering questions, playing with tenses...
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3-02 Lesson 7 Intro
Lesson 7: Negatives and Clarifications
Level 2 Verbsbe employed - phangela arrive - fikago to - ya come from - velaoriginate/move away - suka exit - phumaget married - tshatafinish an action - gqibacome to an end -...
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3-03 The Negatives
Negatives [3]
I go or I am going - ndiyahambaI donât go, or I am not going - andihambi⢠The basic rule is that any positive, present tense verb endswith an a.⢠The a is replaced by an i at the end and moves to the...
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